Ty Cobb Stats

Ty Cobb was born on Saturday, December 18, 1886, in Narrows, Georgia. Cobb was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 30, 1905, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ty Cobb baseball stats page.

"The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it. Not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it." - Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (1925)

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Ty Cobb Autograph on a 2004 Legendary Cuts (#10/18)

Ty Cobb Autograph on a 2004 Legendary Cuts (#10/18)
 

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Birth Name:   Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Nickname:   The Georgia Peach or Ty
Born On:   12-18-1886
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Narrows, Georgia
Zodiac:   Sagittarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-17-1961
Place of Death Data Died In:   Atlanta, Georgia
Cemetery:   Rose Hill Cemetery, Royston, Georgia Click For Grave Photo
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   08-30-1905 (Age 18)
Last Game:   09-11-1928
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1918 Tigers 2 0 1 0 0 .000 4.50 0 0 0 4.0 17 6 2 2 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
1925 Tigers 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 3 0 2 0 0 .000 3.60 0 0 1 5.0 20 6 2 2 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
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Ty Cobb Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1905 Tigers 41 150 19 36 6 0 1 0 15 10 - - 4 - 0 - .240 .288 .300
1906 Tigers 98 358 45 113 15 5 1 0 34 19 - - 14 - 3 - .316 .355 .394
1907 Tigers 150 605 97 212 28 14 5 0 119 24 - - 12 - 5 - .350 .380 .468
1908 Tigers 150 581 88 188 36 20 4 0 108 34 - - 14 - 6 - .324 .367 .475
1909 Tigers 156 573 116 216 33 10 9 0 107 48 - - 24 - 6 - .377 .431 .517
1910 Tigers 140 506 106 194 35 13 8 0 91 64 - - 16 - 4 - .383 .456 .551
1911 Tigers 146 591 147 248 47 24 8 1 127 44 - - 11 - 8 - .420 .467 .621
1912 Tigers 140 553 120 226 30 23 7 0 83 43 - - 8 - 5 - .409 .456 .584
1913 Tigers 122 428 70 167 18 16 4 1 67 58 - 31 11 - 4 - .390 .467 .535
1914 Tigers 98 345 69 127 22 11 2 0 57 57 - 22 6 - 6 - .368 .466 .513
1915 Tigers 156 563 144 208 31 13 3 0 99 118 - 43 9 - 10 - .369 .486 .487
1916 Tigers 145 542 113 201 31 10 5 0 68 78 - 39 14 - 2 - .371 .452 .493
1917 Tigers 152 588 107 225 44 24 6 1 102 61 - 34 16 - 4 - .383 .444 .570
1918 Tigers 111 421 83 161 19 14 3 0 64 41 - 21 9 - 2 - .382 .440 .515
1919 Tigers 124 497 92 191 36 13 1 0 70 38 - 22 9 - 1 - .384 .429 .515
1920 Tigers 112 428 86 143 28 8 2 0 63 58 - 28 7 - 2 - .334 .416 .451
1921 Tigers 128 507 124 197 37 16 12 0 101 56 - 19 15 - 3 - .389 .452 .596
1922 Tigers 137 526 99 211 42 16 4 0 99 55 - 24 27 - 4 - .401 .462 .565
1923 Tigers 145 556 103 189 40 7 6 0 88 66 - 14 22 - 3 - .340 .413 .469
1924 Tigers 155 625 115 211 38 10 4 0 78 85 - 18 15 - 1 - .338 .418 .450
1925 Tigers 121 415 97 157 31 12 12 1 102 65 - 12 5 - 5 - .378 .468 .598
1926 Tigers 79 233 48 79 18 5 4 0 62 26 - 2 13 - 1 - .339 .408 .511
1927 Athletics 134 490 104 175 32 7 5 0 93 67 - 12 12 - 5 - .357 .440 .482
1928 Athletics 95 353 54 114 27 4 1 0 40 34 - 16 2 - 4 - .323 .389 .431
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
24 Years 3,035 11,434 2,246 4,189 724 295 117 4 1,937 1,249 - 357 295 - 94 - .366 .433 .512
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Ty Cobb Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1905 Tigers OF 41 - - 95 2.3 91 85 6 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00 -
1906 Tigers OF 96 - - 231 2.4 222 208 14 9 4 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00 -
1907 Tigers RF 150 - - 279 1.9 268 238 30 11 12 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00 -
1908 Tigers RF 150 - - 249 1.7 235 212 23 14 5 n/a n/a n/a .944 0.00 -
1909 Tigers RF 156 - - 260 1.7 246 222 24 14 7 n/a n/a n/a .946 0.00 -
1910 Tigers OF 137 - - 337 2.5 323 305 18 14 4 n/a n/a n/a .958 0.00 -
1911 Tigers CF 146 - - 418 2.9 400 376 24 18 10 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1912 Tigers CF 140 - - 367 2.6 345 324 21 22 5 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00 -
1913 Tigers 2B 1 - - 4 4.0 1 1 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .250 0.00 -
1913 Tigers OF 118 - - 300 2.5 284 262 22 16 8 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00 -
1914 Tigers CF 96 - - 195 2.0 185 177 8 10 0 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00 -
1915 Tigers CF 156 - - 368 2.4 350 328 22 18 7 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1916 Tigers 1B 1 - - 10 10.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1916 Tigers CF 143 - - 360 2.5 343 325 18 17 9 n/a n/a n/a .953 0.00 -
1917 Tigers OF 152 - - 411 2.7 400 373 27 11 9 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1918 Tigers 1B 13 - - 148 11.4 145 133 12 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 -
1918 Tigers 2B 1 - - 5 5.0 4 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 -
1918 Tigers 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1918 Tigers OF 95 - - 243 2.6 237 225 12 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1918 Tigers P 2 0 12 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25 -
1919 Tigers CF 123 - - 299 2.4 291 272 19 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1920 Tigers CF 112 - - 263 2.3 254 246 8 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1921 Tigers CF 121 - - 338 2.8 328 301 27 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1922 Tigers OF 134 - - 351 2.6 344 330 14 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 -
1923 Tigers CF 141 - - 388 2.8 376 362 14 12 2 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 -
1924 Tigers CF 155 - - 435 2.8 429 417 12 6 8 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1925 Tigers OF 105 - - 291 2.8 276 267 9 15 1 n/a n/a n/a .948 0.00 -
1925 Tigers P 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00 -
1926 Tigers OF 55 - - 119 2.2 113 109 4 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .950 0.00 -
1927 Athletics OF 127 - - 260 2.0 252 243 9 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .969 0.00 -
1928 Athletics RF 85 - - 167 2.0 161 154 7 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
CF Totals 1,333 0 0 3,431 2.6 3,301 3,128 173 130 48 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 --
OF Totals 1,060 0 0 2,638 2.5 2,542 2,407 135 96 35 n/a n/a n/a .964 0.00 --
RF Totals 541 0 0 955 1.8 910 826 84 45 24 n/a n/a n/a .953 0.00 --
1B Totals 14 0 0 158 11.3 155 143 12 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00 --
P Totals 3 0 15 2 0.7 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60 --
2B Totals 2 0 0 9 4.5 5 2 3 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .556 0.00 --
3B Totals 1 0 0 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
24 Years 2,954 0 15 7,195 2.4 6,917 6,507 410 278 113 n/a n/a n/a .961 12,450.60 --
Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1905 Tigers 2 - - - - n/a 150.0 0.0 10.0 - - -
1906 Tigers 23 - - - - n/a 358.0 0.0 10.5 - - -
1907 Tigers 49 - - - - n/a 121.0 0.0 5.1 - - -
1908 Tigers 39 - - - - n/a 145.3 0.0 5.4 - - -
1909 Tigers 76 - - - - n/a 63.7 0.0 5.4 - - -
1910 Tigers 65 - - - - n/a 63.3 0.0 5.6 - - -
1911 Tigers 83 - - - - n/a 73.9 0.0 4.7 - - -
1912 Tigers 61 34 .642 - - n/a 79.0 0.0 6.7 - - -
1913 Tigers 51 - - - - n/a 107.0 13.8 6.4 - - -
1914 Tigers 35 17 .673 - - n/a 172.5 15.7 6.1 - - -
1915 Tigers 96 38 .716 - - n/a 187.7 13.1 5.7 - - -
1916 Tigers 68 24 .739 - - n/a 108.4 13.9 8.0 - - -
1917 Tigers 55 - - - - n/a 98.0 17.3 5.8 - - -
1918 Tigers 34 - - - - n/a 140.3 20.0 6.6 0.00 0.00 4.50
1919 Tigers 28 - - - - n/a 497.0 22.6 7.1 - - -
1920 Tigers 15 10 .600 - - n/a 214.0 15.3 6.8 - - -
1921 Tigers 22 15 .595 - - n/a 42.3 26.7 5.0 - - -
1922 Tigers 9 13 .409 - - n/a 131.5 21.9 5.3 - - -
1923 Tigers 9 10 .474 - - n/a 92.7 39.7 6.3 - - -
1924 Tigers 23 14 .622 - - n/a 156.3 34.7 8.0 - - -
1925 Tigers 13 9 .591 - - n/a 34.6 34.6 4.1 0.00 0.00 0.00
1926 Tigers 9 4 .692 - - n/a 58.3 116.5 3.8 - - -
1927 Athletics 22 16 .579 - - n/a 98.0 40.8 5.3 - - -
1928 Athletics 5 8 .385 - - n/a 353.0 22.1 8.8 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
24 Years 892 212 .808 - - n/a 97.7 32.0 5.9 0.00 0.00 3.60
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Ty Cobb Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1905 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1906 Detroit Tigers n/a $1,500.00 n/a -
1907 Detroit Tigers n/a $2,400.00 n/a Stats
1908 Detroit Tigers n/a $4,800.00 n/a Stats
1909 Detroit Tigers n/a $4,800.00 n/a Stats
1910 Detroit Tigers n/a $9,000.00 n/a -
1911 Detroit Tigers n/a $9,000.00 n/a -
1912 Detroit Tigers n/a $9,000.00 n/a -
1913 Detroit Tigers n/a $11,332.00 n/a -
1914 Detroit Tigers n/a $15,000.00 n/a -
1915 Detroit Tigers n/a $18,500.00 n/a -
1916 Detroit Tigers n/a $20,000.00 n/a -
1917 Detroit Tigers n/a $20,000.00 n/a -
1918 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1921 Detroit Tigers n/a $32,500.00 n/a -
1922 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 Detroit Tigers n/a $50,000.00 n/a -
1927 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $80,000.00 n/a -
1928 Philadelphia Athletics n/a Undetermined n/a -


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